Mootness - when is it appropriate to hear matters no longer in dispute?

When the cause of a dispute is resolved, when will the courts still get involved - and why? Recent cases that proceeded give us some ideas

Another week of glorious weather - even though summer ends on Sunday. And it was a chance to see the Super Moon - although it was obscured by clouds when I looked. In this newsletter, I write about three recent cases on mootness and the discretion to hear cases where the dispute is over between the parties. In “Cases of note” I focus on self-represented…